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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1952)
--------------gggOK.NGSHARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS OREGON Along Azalea Row I now humbly discover th at when Cortez landed in Villa Rica in the year 1519 he was presented ^ ith beautifully made garlands and floral decorations! Four types of these old garlands are still be ing used in Mexico. One is a com bination of cypress and flowers; another of braided honeysuckle and flowers, sounds beautiful and fragrant. O ur Christm as ropes >f pine, made th eir appearance in Mexico, hundred of years ago in an intricately tw isted pine pine garland. G arlands of flowers strunk like a necklace and made of tuberoses or frangipani are still sold in the m arkets every Thursday and Sunday. These are taken home and arranged or are draped around the image of a saint. ments, used for mohe than a cen TVxas. About a m onth ago he tury, is one representing the sun. It is often made of azaleas and went to Long Beach to visit rel A recent suggestion th a t this ative from where he came home. and 2000 are used in w hat m ust is a good season to hold forth on be a stunnii^g sight. The bus strike, now in effect, flower arrangem ents, has led me Even our brides bouquet of or did not prevent Rev. E. C Hicks Sm ith-Corona” Typew riters at into a strange garden path. And ange blossoms has been carried from returning home last w e e k - the Pilot Office. a most fascinating one. Now when by oui little dark-eyed neighbors he took to the air from Long it's raining and I can't work in tor m any years. It is such a tr a Beach and landed at Crescent my garden. I can sit by the fire dition th a t it fresh blossoms are t ity, Thursday evening. and read about arranging the not to be found, artificial orange Rev, Hicks left here about the flowers I a m optomislicaWy blossoms are paintakingly made. planting. middle of November for O kla Since earliest history, flowers hor A ll Occasions homa where he visited a brother So, of course. I was sidetrack have been used to decorate Mex whom he had not seen for years. ed by an article on Flow er Ar- ican homes. However, it was un I During the weeks he was gone, At Young’s G ift Shop in tangem ent in Mexico by D ita Lou til 1932 th at the Mexico City G ar. , Rev. Hicks covered much of the Brookings, and Margar Dean. It was about 15 years ago den Club was form ally organized. territo ry he once saw back in et's Flower Shop at Cres th a t my attention was first a t Beside the study of modern a r the days of his youth when 1 e tracted to the a rt of flower a r rangem ents. the club has intro cent ( .ity. S en d F low ers entenxl the race at the opening ranging through a book of pic duced new plants and vegetables of the Oklahoma territory. He By Wire. tures put out by a national com to Mexico. W ith her wonderful also spent considerable tim e in pany. I just assumed th at planned Decorating doors is an old Mex and exotic variety of flowers at arrangem ents more or less dated ican custom, especially on feast all seasons and her n a tu ra l love from that time and naturally or days. Being a tropical country, of beauty and color, the Mexican Stitch /or Shteh, You're le tte r D r w d In W H IR R If Clothe« iginated in the United S tates! the profuse blooms of gardenias woman gives to the world a style and red carnations are used as th at is all her own. • nonchalantly as we use our lilies. , The yelloiv alamanda sprawls 1« the keynote of your spring suit when you Imagine walking down a street In gold confusion on the walls have it tailored-to-your-measure by where the doors are all fram ed And in among its flow er-suns WHERRIE TAILORING COMPANY. Pure virgin with thousands of white gardenias The little starry jasm ine runs. wool fabrics...expert tailoring,..low prices. on this Big and red carnations on a back The bouganvillae climbs the fre e ! •U lT f (3-ple<e) $57.30 »0 1 *3 .5 0 ground of cypress. And flings its ta tters on the breeze One of the nearly lost arts, is A ll scarlet and m agnenta-red j the m aking of carpets of flowers. A canopy above m y head Once upon a time, the streets DON BLANDING. of Coyoacan w ere carpeted with flowers on special feast days. It is said th at Indians would come from miles around, bring their m aterial w ith them and begin their work at m idnight. They'd blend various colored flowers and colored sawdust i n t o beautiful and in tric a te patterns on the streets. By F aye Sunderland Rev. E. C. Hicks Is Home After Trip flow ers IN D IV ID U A L IT Y ... SAVE $ 4 5 .0 0 8.2-cu. Ft. New SO-82 Model fr'//soon6e2// One of their favorite arrange Ortho G A R D E N G U ID E RADIO PROGRAM W e d lik e to sh ow you why Inter nationals have been first in heavy-duty truck sales for 20 straight years. I t will soon be 21, because truck operators who know hauling costs will continue to prefer Internationals —the trucks that give them lower operating and maintenance costs, longer truck life. W ith N ort’el Gillespie Family Size Every Tuesday & Thursday 8:45 A. 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